Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself": A Sourcebook and Critical EditionPsychology Press, 2005 - 210 pages Since 1855, Walt Whitman's Song of Myselfhas been enjoyed, debated, parodied and imitated by readers, critics and artists crossing national and linguistic boundaries. Many argue that it is the most influential poem ever written by an American. This sourcebook and critical edition provides easy access to: * information on the contexts of Whitman's work, including biographical details and a chronology Cross-references link the critical, contextual and textual sections of the volume, encouraging an integrated understanding of this creative and controversial text. Complementing a wealth of material with suggestions for further reading, this volume is ideal for readers with no knowledge of the poem, or for those returning anew to a favourite text. |
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A Sourcebook and Critical Edition Walt Whitman Ezra Greenspan. List of Figures Annotation and Footnotes ... Print , with Portraits Chronology Contemporary Documents Contents Advertisement for Leaves of Grass , New York Daily ...
... Leaves of Grass , " New York Daily Tribune ( 23 July 1855 ) 38 38 339 Anonymous , " Leaves of Grass - an ... edition of Leaves of Grass ( 1921 ) From D. H. Lawrence , Studies in Classic American Literature ( 1923 ) Langston Hughes , " I ...
... Leaves of Grass " Song of Myself " Manuscripts Reading " Song of Myself ' 115 117 117 119 120 124 Key Passages 126 Selection of Key Passages Key Passages ( from 1855 edition ) 126 127 Section 1 [ " I celebrate myself " ] 127 Section 5 ...
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Contents
Contextual Overview | 9 |
Contemporary Documents | 24 |
Directory of Contextual Figures | 30 |
Introduction | 37 |
NineteenthCentury Responses and Criticism | 38 |
Anonymous Leaves of Grass an Extraordinary Book Brooklyn Daily | 44 |
Rufus W Griswold untitled review of Leaves of Grass Criterion 1 | 54 |
Anonymous Whitmans Leaves of Grass New York Critic 1 5 November | 61 |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson Recent Poetry Nation 33 15 December | 67 |
TwentiethCentury Responses and Criticism | 74 |
Approaching the Text | 117 |
Full 188182 Text | 141 |
Primary Sources | 199 |
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